Programme- Nano4water 2014 (Preliminary Schedule) Day 1 April 23, 2014 Session 1 Chair: A Mathew 8:00 – 9 :00 Conference registration 9:00 – 9: 20 Opening remarks by the organisers (A. Mathew and K. Oksman) 9:20 - 10:00 European Water research agenda and funding opportunities Inge Genné and Stefaan Vandendriessche 10:00-10:30 Coffee Break Session 2 : Chair: Marcus Weyd 10:30- 10:50 NAPES Project presentations 10:50- 11:10 CERAMPOL Mirco Faccini, Deogo Morillo, Nanofiber membrans with selectivity towards heavy m as innovative material at CERAMPOL EU project 11.10- 11:30 NANOPUR Sabine Paulussen et al, Atmospheric pressure plasma treatment for hydrophilization PVDF membranes 11:30- 11:50 LBLBrane Simon Coleman, Next generation analytical platforms for environmental sensing-New technologies for old challenges Daniel Menne, John Wong, Mattias Wesslig; Recent progress achieved in LblBRANE 11:50 – 13:00 Lunch Session 3: Chair: Mirco Faccini 13:00- 13: 20 Cerawater Project presentations 13: 20- 1340 NanoSelect Aji Mathew et al Bio-based membranes and adsorbents for water purification: NanoSelect activities 13:40-14:00 CHEMWATER Inge Genne, CHEMWATER activities 14:00- 14: 20 NatioMEM Marcus Weyd: Ceramic nanofiltration membranes of enlarged membrane area for water application- Cerawater Project Results H. Fakhouri, D Ben Salem, O Carton, A Dorit, Ji. Pulpytel, F. ArefiKhonsari, Highly efficient photocataluytic T1O2 coaings depsited by open air atmospheric pressure plasma jet with aerosolized TTIP precursor 14:20- 15:00 Coffee Break Session 4 Chair: Sabine Paulussen 15:00- 15:20 S. Zuin, P. Scanferla, GD Ponte, S. Paulussen ; Functionalization of polymeric membrane by plasma treatment: the LCA case study of Nanopur project 15: 20- 15:40 A. Vaseashta, Technology Nexus for water contamination detection, monitoring and remediation 15:40- 16:00 C. Uzum et al, Modification of polymeric ceramic and silicon carbide membranes with nanoscale polyelectrolyte coatings using layer-by-layer technology V. Dick, P. Klein, Molecular dynamics study of water transport through hydrophilized PVDF membranes 16:00- 16:20 E. García-Bordejé, L. Kiwi-Minsker, T. Yuranova, C. Franch, AE. Palomares, Bromate catalytic reduction in continuous mode using metal catalysts supported on monoliths coated with carbon nanofibers 16:20- 16:40 End of day 1 18:30 – 22:30 Dinner@ Vasa Museum, Stockholm Day 2 April 24, 2014 Session 5 Chair: Inge Genne 09:00- 09:40 Key note lecture: Prof. Rong Wang 09:40- 10:00 J de Grooth, J. Ploegmakers, C Wever, J Potreck, Physically and chemically stable polyelectrolyte multilayer nanofiltration membranes 10:00- 10:20 D. Belavic, D.Kuscer, MS Zarnik, T. Rojac, K. Makarovic, A.Bencan, B. Malic, B. Thorstensen, M. Faccini , Ceramic microsystems: A challenge for portable water-purification devices Recent development of forward osmosis membrane technology for water production and energy recovery 10:20-11:00 Coffee Break 11:00- 11:30 Poster session and evaluation Session 6 Adsorbents for water cleaning Chair: Kristiina Oksman 11.30- 11:50 A.Mautner, L. Ling, K. Li, A. Bismarck, Nanocellulose-PolyHIPE composites for the removal of heavy metal ions 11:50- 12.10 D.Morillo, M. Faccini, D. Amantia, M. Valiente, G. Perez, Functionalised nanofibers for heavy metal removal from waste water_ Novel adsorbent system based in nanomaterials for arsenic removal from waste water 12:10-12:30 N. Bou ORM, S. Daniele; Smart hybrid nano-composite devices for removal of PAH micropollutant from waste water 12:30 – 13:30 Lunch Session 7: Antifouling strategies Chair: John Wong 13:30- 13: 50 H.Sehaqui, U. Perez de Larraya, S. Josset, J. Regal, M., Heeb, N.Pfenninger, I. 13:50- 14: 10 14:10- 14: 30 Szivak, J. Estella, T. Zimmermann, P. Tingaut; Cationic cellulose nanofibrils from sludge as sorbents of negatively charged contaminants with antifouling characteristics A. Buekenhoudt, G. Mustafa, K. Wyns, V. Meynen, Smart surface functionalization of ceramic nanofiltration (NF) membranes t drastically decrease their fouling tendency in water treatment D. Kuscer, T. Rojac A. Bradesko, MS Zarnik, D Delavic, B Malic, Piezoelectric vibration based self-cleaning system for water purification 14: 30- 15:00 Coffee Break Session 8 Chair: Simon Coleman 15:00- 15:30 Z. Altintas, IE Tothill, Molecularly imprinting polymer based affinity system for pharmaceuticals detection and removal using biomimetic based biosensor 15:30- 15:50 Information session/ distribution of poster prizes 15:50- 16:00 Closing remarks